Wolfs Mouth

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In 1944 Italian officer Captain Francesco Verdi is captured by Allied forces in North Africa and shipped to a POW camp in Michigan s Upper Peninsula, where the senior POW, the ruthless Kommandant Vogel, demands that all prisoners adhere to his Nazi dictates His life threatened, Verdi escapes from the camp and meets up with an American woman, Chiara Frangiapani, who helps him elude capture as they flee to the Lower Peninsula By 1956 they have become Frank and Claire Green, a young married couple building a new life in postwar Detroit When INS agent James Giannopoulos tracks them down, Frank learns that Vogel is executing men like Frank for their wartime transgressions As a series of brutal murders rivets Detroit, Frank is caught between American justice and Nazi vengeance In Wolf s Mouth, the recollections of Francesco Verdi Frank Green give voice to the hopes, fears, and hard choices of a survivor as he strives to escape the ghosts of history. Download Wolfs Mouth – kino-fada.fr First of all, as a Michigander, I enjoy reading books that either, a have an author from this state or, b the story takes place in Michigan That would be the reason for reading this book, which starts out in the UP and is largely based in Michigan throughout the story.The story has great potential and is interesting, from the beginning to the end, however I didn t feel as if I was connecting with the characters, as if they were plastic people w...My favorite books are the ones that make me think and feel at the same time, the ones that have changed me for the better by the time I have turned the final page Smolens Wolf s Mouth is a new favorite.The story begins in 1944 as World War II is drawing to a close Francesco Frank Verdi is a young Italian POW logging the forest at Camp Au Train in Michigan s Upper Peninsula The labor is monontonous, but there is adequate food, comfortable lodging, and music, art and education on offer He c My favorite books are the ones that...Read this one in 3 evenings Fast paced, have been to many of the towns cities in the story Easy to read Picked this one up because the author is a professor at the college my child attends Glad I did.finished this morning, 5 07 a.m 15 jul 17 good story 4 star great story line.Wolfs mouthThe book dragged at the beginning but when the main character escaped it became Do Not Put Me Down Great readAs the book begins, Frank Green, previously Francesco Verdi, is an Italian in a POW camp, Camp Au Train, near Munising, Michigan Who knew there were POW camps in Michigan during WWII Even though it is an American run POW camp, the Nazis, specifically Kommandant Vogel, a man known for vengeance, violence, and his strong belief in the Nazi ideals, runs the camp, meting out justice to anyone who does not follow Vogel s commands or follow the Third Reich way Verdi escapes after finding As the book begins, Frank Green, previously Francesco Verdi, is an Italian in a POW camp, Camp Au Train, near Munising, Michigan Who knew there were POW camps in Michigan during WWII Even though it is an American run POW camp, the Nazis, specifically Kommandant Vogel, a man known for vengeance, violence, and his strong belief in the Nazi ideals, runs the camp, meting out justice to anyone who does not follow Vogel s commands or follow the Third Reich way Verdi escapes after finding out that he s been tried for treason for saving a child from a house fire no Nazi should ever save an American as he might grow up and fight against them at a later date and sentencing him to death He takes up a life in Detroit and then in Munising, but is constantly on alert looking for Vogel and his son Anton, who have vowed to kill him in some agonizing way for his desertion and treason The novel poses the question, Is it even possible to know your true self when one is forced to change one s life, name, place on ...I would give this a solid 3.5 At first, I thought this would just be a mediocre book about the UP But it was so muchthan that It had twists and turns I didn t expect, things that shock you, and an amazing ending Who knew there were actually POW camps in the UP in WWII Not I, and I ve lived in Michigan my whole life I wish that I could knowabout the other prisoners and what they re lives were like but then it would have been a thousand page book I think the reason this isn t a I would give this a solid 3.5 At first, I thought this would just be a mediocre book about the UP But it was so muchthan that It had twists and turns I didn t expect, things that shock you, and an amazing ending Who knew there were actually POW camps in the UP in WWII Not I, and I ve lived in Michigan my whole life I wish that I could knowabout the other prisoners and what they re lives were like but then it would have been a thousand page book I thi...A chilling story of an Italian POW held in a camp in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan among the many German POWs where he watched the cruelty of the Nazi Kommandant to the prisoners Post POW camp life seemed good, but held so much sorrow, ...We read this for my english class at northern and about 3 people of the 20 liked the book The characters started out with great potential but turned out really bland Actually, the entire book was horribly bland Could have been f...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Nazis in the U.P Nazi s in Detroit Who would have guessed Short book, couldn t put it down, has the life story of the goo...

Wolfs Mouth
  • English
  • 22 September 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 267 pages
  • 1611861977
  • John Smolens
  • Wolfs Mouth